Margaret Agnes O'Day

Brief Life History of Margaret Agnes

When Margaret Agnes O'Day was born on 5 June 1904, in Minnesota, United States, her father, John O'Day, was 32 and her mother, Bridget Sullivan, was 29. She had at least 1 son with Eugene W. Smith. She lived in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1930 and Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, United States in 1935. She died on 25 July 1996, in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eugene W. Smith
1903–1986
Margaret Agnes O'Day
1904–1996
Kevin Eugene Smith
1929–1991

Sources (8)

  • Margaret Smith in household of E W Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Margaret Agnes O'Day, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
  • MARGARET A SMITH, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · The End of Capital Punishment

Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Eamon, Sean Patrick, William Kevin.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh, ‘descendant of Deaghadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin. It may be a compound of deagh- ‘good’ + ádh ‘luck, fate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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